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Plugging up a bathtub drain

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Lord Evermore

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My bathtub has an overflow drain that's set rather low for my liking. The hole is a good 4 to 5 inches away from the top of the tub, so I can fill it faster than it drains, but as soon as I stop it drops down within a couple of minutes. From the bottom of the tub to the drain is only like 8 or 10 inches, so parts of me stick up above the water; if I submerge my legs it raises the level so that it drains again, and then when I pull my legs back up it's another half inch or so lower.

What's a cheap, quick, either semi-permanent or easily redone for each bath, way to stop up the little hole? It's only about 3/4 inch long and half an inch wide. I can think of all sorts of ways to do it, shoving in some material that can expand for instance, and is waterproof and won't just get pushed down into the drain, but I can't think what to use. Or epoxying a small piece of material over the hole but I have never gotten any sort of glue or epoxy to actually harden, other than Elmer's, and only when it was on my hands to make a second skin to peel off.

I just also thought of soldering something over the hole, but I don't know if that would hold to the type of metal and/or paint/chrome.
 
Hmm, I might make a diverter for it, like a snorkel.

It doesn't stick out far enough to wrap anything on it. And I don't want to unscrew it in case there's something attached besides just the metal plate. That's all it is, like a drain that has a lever to close it, but without the lever.
 
I had the same problem. I've got a nice piece of .060 Carlisle EPDM that does this trick nicely (just folds it, jam it in and let it try to expand to it's natual shape, sealing the hole), but I doubt you can easily get your hands on a piece of roofing rubber.
 
Not everyone is that dirty, and I always shower in the morning, and usually rinse off in the shower after a bath. A shower just doesn't work to relax when you can barely stand up.
 
Originally posted by: Falloutboy
get a hot tub.....soaking in hot water is only fun when you can do it with a chick 😀
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No, it isnt the only time it is fun. Soaking in hot water after working 14 hours on top of a roof is fun. Well, actually, it's way better than fun...


But, anyway, I'll concede that soaking in hot water is MORE fun when you do it with a chick.
 
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